[Overstaying Tenants] Curtis Signs a Lease with Ricardo for Curtis

[Overstaying Tenants] Curtis signs a lease with Ricardo for Curtis to rent a storefront for his costume shop starting on the first of March.After Ricardo gives Curtis the key on March 1,Curtis learns that the previous tenant,a t-shirt business,has not moved out.Curtis tells Ricardo that he is responsible for removing the t-shirt business from the storefront;however,after several weeks of waiting for possession,Curtis tells Ricardo that he wants his money back for the time he waited and breaks the lease.
-Who is responsible for removing the previous tenant?

A) In the majority of the states,the landlord is required to simply provide legal possession of the premises,and thus the new tenant is responsible for removing the previous tenant.
B) The landlord is always required to remove the previous tenant.
C) The landlord and new tenant are jointly responsible for removing the previous tenant.
D) The new tenant is responsible for removing the previous tenant.
E) In the majority of the states,the landlord is required to remove the previous tenant.